Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Pakistan has captured a French national considered to be a prominent al Qaeda member with reported links to European jihadist groups, security forces said Wednesday, following a raid near the Iranian border.

Naamen Meziche was captured in a raid near the border with Iran, officials said, without specifying when this had happened. Western media reports have described Meziche as an al-Qaida operative with links to European jihadi groups believed to have been living until now in either Pakistan or Iran.